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For tliis object we propose to 
and for it we ask jour help and 
New York, Dec. 1st, 1863. 



get up tliis " Metropolitan Fair," 
counsel. 



Mrs. 


M. 0. Roberts. 


Mrs. David Lane. 


Mrs. 


F. LlEBER. 


Miss L. Jones. 


Mrs. 


G. T. Strong. 


Mrs. Stranahan. 


Mrs. 


W. H. Yan Buren. 


Mrs. Ogden Hoffman. 


Mrs. 


E. M. Hunt. 


Mrs. John Sherwood. 


Mrs. 


J. Sturges. 


Mrs. J. F. Colgate. 


Mrs. 


Alfred Schermerhorn. 


Mrs. F. E. Howe. 


Mrs. 


D. D. Field. 


Mrs. Genl. Dix. 


Mrs. 


S. -G. Courtney. 


Mrs. Alexander Hamilton. 


Mrs. 


Daniel Le Roy. 


Mrs. Meagher. 


Mrs. 


Katiian. 


Mrs. Mills. 


Mrs. 


J. J. AsTOR, Jr. 


Mrs. Fitzgerald. 


Mrs. 


Dr. Buck. 


Mrs. Philip Haishlton. 



ELIZABETH W. SHERWOOD, 

Secr'etary, 



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{From the Sanitary Commission Bulletin!) 

THE GREAT NORTHWESTERN SANITARY FAIR. 

Some hundred thousand people of the great Northwest have 
just been drawn together at Chicago by a Fair, under the im- 
mediate auspices of the " Chicago Branch of the II. S. Sanitary 
Commission." It has been glorious ! — this great tide, not of 
people only or chiefly, but of sympatliy and of thought and of 
feeling, which has rolled in from hundred of miles over those 
wide prairies, and along the foot of the distant hills ! To one 
who stood there, looking on, it came like a great whelming tor- 
rent of love and power, and solemn earnestness, which was 
irresistible, carrying everything before it. All who were pres- 
ent unite in saying that they never before realized so fully the 
consciousness and the exhilarating and invigorating effect of 
breathing, as it were, an atmosphere which was literally filled 
with generous emotions and moral earnestness, and where every 
other element was absorbed or neutralized. 

So quietly had the whole affair been arranged, and with such 
excellent method conducted, that. when this immense concourse 
of people poured in from Illinois and Indiana, from Michigan 
and Missouri, from Wisconsin and Iowa, bearing their gifts 
with them, it seemed as if some sudden aud mysterious impulse 
had taken hold of one-quarter of the whole nation, who had 
suddenly sprung to their feet, seized whatever of goods or 
riches were nearest at hand, and rushed forth, led by music and 
banners ; and when, at last, from all quarters they had met at 
the gathering-place, to which \\\qj had been instinctively drawn 
in their hurried march, they had, as by common consent, or a 
certain divine impulse, without asking why, laid down their 
treasures, simply feeling that God's altar needed these for burnt- 
offerings — so generous, and earnest, and full of a certain kind 
of contagious faith seemed these men and women who were 



gathered there; and that was just the secret of the whole, 
which made it all so real to every one who was present, while 
to those who were not there, the narration of the facts must 
needs seem exaggerated and unreal ; it was this irresistible evi- 
dence, told by eye, and step, and tongue, and hand— evidence 
of an immense faith— immense as taken in the mass— faith in 
God, faitii in the nation's life, faith in our armies, faith in our 
leaders, faith in our people at home. 

The contributions to the Fair, to be sold for the benefit 
of our sick and wounded soldiers, were large, were munificent 
but it M^as this tone of deep-seated earnestness which was 
largest. It was not merely what men and women said and 
did, but the vMy the thing was done, which carried with it 
this impression of wholesale generosity of spirit. Delicately 
wrought articles, such as usually adorn the tables of fairs, 
the work of ladies' hands, were not wanting ; but then the 
formers from miles and miles around kept coming in 
with their wagons by twenties, and fifties, and hundreds, 
loaded down with their bulky farm produce; others came 
leading horses, or driving before them cows, or oxen, or mules 
which they contributed instead of money, of which, perhaps, 
they had none; others brought live poultry which had been fed 
for months by the poor man's door ; they brought this because 
they must bring something, and this was all they had. Some 
wagons were loaded from rich dairies, with butter and cheese 
by the ton. Then came great loads of hay from some distant 
farm, followed by others jus^ as large from farms farther ofi*. 
The mechanics brouglit their machines, and gave them in, one 
after another ;— mowing machines, reapers, threshing machines, 
planters, pumps, fanning mills-until a new building, a great 
storehouse, had to be erected to receive them ; and here were 
plows, and stoves, and furnaces, and mill-stones, and nails by 
the hundred kegs, and wagons, and carriage springs,— and 
axes, and plate glass, and huge plates of wrought iron (one the 
largest that was ever rolled from any rolling-mill in the world), 
block tin and enameled leather, hides, boxes of stationery, and 
cases of boots, cologne by the barrel, native wine in casks, puri- 
fied coal-oil by the thousand gallons-r-a mountain howitzer, a 
steel breech-loading cannon, a steam-engino made by the work- 



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ing-men in one of the manufactories of engines in Chicago — 
and on it this inscription — " This engine is donated by the 
workmen of the Eaglo Works Manufacturing Co., every man 
contributing something — not one Cop}3erliead in the whole in- 
stitution." There, too, were other machines which had been 
built by employes of various establishments, who had worked 
*' after hours" to construct something for the Soldiers' Fair. 
Such, with a thousand other gifts great and small, filled this 
new storehouse, where liberal purchasers were found waiting. 
Then, again, the carpenters and joiners, who, in the press of 
work upon unfinished buildings, could not leave their hammer 
and saw and go to the Fair, joined together by tens and twen- 
ties, and set apart a day of which they would give their earn- 
ings to the soldiers. In like manner, difi'erent firms would ad- 
vertise a sale for the benefit of the Fair. Thus, "To the Loyal 
Stone-Masons of Chicago :" " We propose to donate to the 
Northwestern Sanitary Fair the entire proceeds of the sale of 
one canal-boat load (20 tons) of our first class rubble stone. 
Bids for the same will be received at our office till Friday 
next." 

Signed , &c. 

Then loaded wagons came in long processions, toiling into 
the city, from far-ofi" country places, bearing marks of frontier 
service, and the horses or mules, together with the di'ivers 
themselves, most of them told of wear. Many of them were 
sun burnt men, with hard hands and rigid features ; and a care- 
less observer would have said that there was surely nothing in 
those wagons, as they passed, to awaken any sentiment. Yet 
something there was about it all which brought tears to the 
eyes of hundreds as the old farmers, with their heavy loads, 
toiled by. Among the crowd of spectators there was noticed a 
broad-shouldered Dutchman, with a face expressive of anything 
but thought or feeling ; he gazed at this singular procession as 
it passed,^ — the sun-burnt farmers, and the long, narrow wagons, 
and the endless variety of vegetables and farm produce, — he 
gazed there as these men with their sober faces and homely 
gifts passed one by one, until when, finally, the last wagon had 
moved by, this stolid, lethargic-looking man " broke down" 



with a flood of tears, and could say notliing and do nothing but 
seize upon the little child whom he held by the hand, and hug 
her to his heart, trying to hide his manly tears behind her float- 
ing curls. 

Among these wagons which had drawn up near the rooms of 
the Sanitary Commission to unload their stores, was one pecu- 
liar for its exceeding look of poverty; it was worn and mended, 
and was originally made merely of poles. It was drawn by 
three horses whicli had seen much of life, but little grain. The 
driver was a man past middle age, with the clotlies and look of 
one who had toiled hard, but he had a thoughtful and kindly 
face. He sat there quietly waiting his turn to unload. By his 
side, with feet over the front of the wagon, for it was filled very 
full, was his wife, a silent, worn-looking woman (many of these 
men had their wives with them on the loads) ; near the rear of 
the M'agon was a girl of fifteen, perhaps, and her sister, dressed 
in black, carrying in her arms a little child. 

Some one said to this man (after asking the woman with the 
child if she would not go into the Commission rooms and get 
warm) : " My friend, you seem to have quite a load here of 
vegetables ; now I am curious to know what good things you 
are bringing to the soldiers; will you tell me what you have?" 
*' Yes," said he : "here are potatoes, and here are three bags of 
onions, and there are some ruta-baga, and there a few turnips, 
and that is a small bag of m^al, and you will see the cabbages 
fill in ; and that box with slats has some ducks in it, which one 
of them brought in." " Oh ! then, this isn't all your load, 
alone, is it?" "Why no! our region just where I live is 
rather a hard soil, and we haven't any of us much to spare any 
way, yet for this business we could have raked up as much 
again as this is, if we had had time; but we didn't get the 
notice that the wagons were going in till Last night about eight 
o'clock, and it was dark and raining at that, so I and my wife 
and the girls could only go around to five or six of the neight 
bors within a mile or so, but we did the best we could ; we 
worked pretty much all the nigiit and loaded, so as to be ready 
to get out to the main road and start with the rest of them this 
morning ; but I can't help it if it is little, it's something for 
those soldiers." " Have you a son in the army ?'" " No," he 



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answered slowly, after turning round and looking at his wife. 
" No, I haven't n<?2^, but we had one there once; he's buried 
down by Stone River; he was shot there ; — and that isn't just 
so either — we called him our boy, but he was only our adopted 
son ; we took him when he was little, so he was just the same 
as our own boy, and" (pointing over his shoulder without look- 
ing back) " that's his wife there with the baby ! But I shouldn't 
bring these things any quicker if he were alive now and in the 
army ; I don't know that I should think so much as I do now 
about the boys away off there." It was in turn for his wagon 
to unload, so with his rough freight of produce, and his rich 
freight of human hearts with their deep and treasured griefs, he 
drove on — one wagon of a hundred in the train. 

As a proof of the interest felt by the people of Chicago in 
this Sanitary Fair, it may be mentioned that on the day the 
Fair opened, October 27th, the several courts of the city ad- 
journed over the day, the post-office was closed, the Board of 
Trade adjourned, the public schools were not opened, the banks 
of the city closed, business of all kinds, whether in the offices, 
stores, shops, or manufactories, was suspended. 

The following extract from the Chicago Tribune, one of the 
leading papers of the West, gives a living picture of that pro- 
cession as it gathered up its forces and moved on, three miles in 
length : 

" Yesterday will never be forgotten either in the city of 
Chicago or in the West. Memorable it will remain both as 
history and as patriotism. Such a sight was never seen before 
in the West upon any occasion ; and we doubt whether a more 
magnificent spectacle was ever presented in the streets of the 
Empire City itself, than that vast procession of chariots and 
horsemen, country wagons and vehicles, civic orders and mili- 
tary companies, both horse and foot, which converted Chicago 
for the time being into a vast theatre of wondei"S. 

" From the earliest dawn of the day the lieart of the mighty 
city was awake, and long before eight o'clock the streets were 
thronged with people — citizens hurried excitedly to and fro ; 
and country women, with their children, came in early in the 
morning, witli colors tied to their bridles and decorating their 
wagons, and with miniature flags and banners on their horses' 
heads. On the house-tops, on the public buildings, flaunted the 
glorious flag of liberty. By nine o'clock the city was in a roar ; 



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the vast hum of multitudinous voices filled the atmosphere- 
Drums beat in all parts of the city summoning; the various 
processions, or accompanying^ them to the grand central ren- 
dezvous. Bands of music playing patriotic tunes — bands of 
young men and women, singing patriotic songs, enlivened the 
streets. Every path-way was jammed up with human bodies, 
80 that it was with extreme difficulty any headway could be 
made. 

"The procession was advertised to assemble at nine o'clock 
precisely, and was composed of nine divisions, formed in the 
following order: 

The First Division formed on Michigan Avenue — the right 
resting on Lake. 

Tiie Second Division formed on Wabash Avenue — the right 
resting on Lake. 

Tlie Third Division on State Street — right resting on Lake. 

The Fourth Division formed on Dearborn Street — right rest- 
ing on Lake. 

The Fifth Division formed on Clark Street — right resting on 
Lake. 

The Sixth Division formed on Lasalle Street — right resting 
an Lake. 

The Seventh Division formed on Wells Street — right resting on 
Lake. 

The Eighth Division formed on Franklin Street — right resting 
on Lake. 

The Ninth Division formed on Market Street, the right rest- 
ing on Lake Street, extending to Madison Street Bridge. 

"As near ten o'clock as <^ossible it started, banners flying 
drums rolling, and all manner of brazen instruments stirring the 
air, and the hearts of tlie vast multitudes of people, with thrill- 
ing, exciting music. On it came, that mighty pageant follow- 
ing tlie course laid down in the printed programme. 

" From Michigan Avenue west on Lake to Market Street; on 
Market Street south to Washington Street ; on Washington east 
to Clark street; on Clark south to Harrison street; on Harrison 
Street east to Michigan Avenue; north on Michigan Avenue to 
Lake Street ; west on Lake Street to Lasalle ; south on Lasalle 
to the Court-House Square. 

"Snch earnest enthusiasm as accompanied the procession, 
from first to last, has rarely been witnessed on any occasion. 
It was a grand sublime protest on behalf of the people against 
the poltroons and traitors wlio were enemies to the Government 
and opposed to the war. Bursts of patriotic feeling came from 
many a loyal bosom on that memorable and never-to-be-forgot- 



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ten day. The people seemed to overflow with loj-alty, and 
could not contain themselves. For a long time they had been 
silent, nursing their wrath, keeping alive their love for the old 
flag, keeping alive also their hatred of those that hated it — who 
had so long tired upon it in the rear — finding nowhere, in no 
event, in no newspaper, any adequate utterance of their pas- 
sionate feelings. Now the mighty eloquence of that majestic 
and sublime procession spoke for them ! That was the thing 
which they all along wanted to say — but could not ! They were 
in themselves ciphers, mere units of the nation ; but there, in 
all those thousands of men, they saw themselves multiplied into 
an incalculable, irresistible host, and felt that their hour of tri- 
umphant speech had come at last ! That was the answer which 
they thundered out in trumpet tones to the miserable traitors 
who had so long torn the bleeding heart of their country. 

" ' I always knew,' said one old man at our elbow, in the 
crowd, whilst we were watching the procession, ' that the heart 
of the people was all right. They did'nt know their danger for 
a long while. JSTow they've found it out — and this is what they 
say about it !' 

" The procession was remarkable in many respects as a page- 
ant, and particularly in the number of fine horses which accom- 
panied it. A large number of well-mounted men has rarely 
been seen in a civic procession. The police came at the head 
of it, under the command of Captain Nelson — a fine body of 
men, with capital horses, looking as bold and brave as heroes. 

" After these followed, in stately march, the Michagan Sharp- 
shooters; the 1st Eegiment of Illinois State Militia (Chicago 
City Guard), a fine lot of fellows! and the whole of the First 
Division, with their bands, and flags, and panoply of war. 

" Amongst these, the carriage containing the captured rebel 
flags attracted much attention, and excited great enthusiasm. 
These were the flaunting rags which the rebels had borne on 
many a battle-field, and which our brave Illinois soldiers had 
torn from the hands of their standard-bearers. There they were, 
hellorum €xuvi(B , spoils of war, flaunting no longer in haughty 
defiance at the head of rebel armies, but carried in triumph at 
the iiead of a civic procession in the peaceful streets of Chicago. 
Many a tearful momor}'^ they must have conjured up in the 
minds of many a spectator there present, whose sous were in the 
battles where these flags were taken ; and many of whom are, 
ere now, at rest forever in their bloody soil. 

" The Second and Third Divisions followed, and it was a most 
picturesque and pleasing sight to behold the long lines of mem- 
bers of the various lodges, societies, and associations of the city, 
in their manj'-colored regalias. Tiien came the benevolent so- 
cieties, the religious orders making an imposing spectacle, which 



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it would require the painter's art to represent, and to whicli no 
words could do anything like justice. 

"The Fifth Division, ushered by a fine band, and headed by 
J. Q. Hoyt, Esq., tlien came trampling by. There were scores 
of carriages, containing members of the press, the clergy, the 
municipal authorities, judges and officers of the courts, gover- 
nors and ex-governors of States, &c., &c. 

" One of the most strikingly beautiful features of the proces- 
sion was a superbly decorated four-liorse car, bearing the em- 
ployes of the liberal-hearted Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing 
Company, represented in tjiis city by Geo. B. Chittendon, Esq., 
and suggestive, by the presence of working women and sewing- 
machines at Avork upon soldiers' overcoats, of the utility of the 
sewing-machine in clothing armies. 

" Then the Sixth Division, consisting of wagons choked with 
children singing the song of ' John Brown's Body Lies Mould- 
ering in the Grave !' 

" Then the Seventh Division of butchers, horse-shoers — of 
ponies and oxen, contributed ; and last, but not least — nay, 
greatest and mightest of all — the sublime spectacle of the Lake 
County Delagation. 

"the lake county delegation. 

" A striking and noticeable feature of the procession was the 
long string of farmers' teams from Lake County. They came 
into the city at an early hour in the forenoon, and sufiiciently 
early to join the procession. Tliere were one hundred wagons, 
loaded to overflowing with vegetables, the staid old horses de- 
corated with little flags, and larger flags pendent from the 
wagons and held by tlie stoitt^ fiirmer hands. It was a great 
and beautiful free-will offering of the sturdy farmers, whose 
hearts ever beat true to freedom and the Union. No part of 
the procession attracted so many eyes, and no heartier cheers 
went up from the thousands who thronged the streets than tliose 
given, and thrice repeated, for the Lake County farmers and 
their splendid donation. There were no small loads. Every 
wagon was filled to overflow! ug with great heaps of potatoes 
and silver. skinned onions, mammoth squashes, huge beets and 
turnips, monster cabbages, barrels of cider and rosy apples, 
load after load, with many a gray-haired farmer driving, face 
weather-beaten, frame rugged, hands bronzed, his old eyes 
sparkling with the excitement of the project his big heart con- 
ceived. And back of the farmer, mounted on the vege- 
tables, were the boys, filled to repletion witii fun. At the end 
of the route of the procession, the teams drove up to the Sani- 
tary Commission rooms, and unloaded their precious freights of 



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stores into the garnere, whence they will go to the boys in the 
field, 

" This harvest home was a sight to bring tears to the eyes of 
any man bnt a confirmed copperhead. There was an eloquence 
in it, a moral grandeur which spoke louder than any words. It 
told that the fanners, the bone and sinew of the country, were 
yet confident of success, that despair or distrust has not entered 
into their calculations, and that the boys in the field were 
worthy the best of their crops. There was no display, no ad- 
vertisement lurking behind their contribution. It was a free- 
will offering from their great, generous hearts, for which they 
will have no recompense, save that best of all recompense, the 
blessings of the gallant fellows in camp and in hospital. God 
bless the Lake County farmers ! 

" The procession arrived at the Court-House about ten 
o'clock, when the bands struck up some patriotic tunes ; after 
which Thomas B. Bryan, Esq., addressed the people. * 



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" AT THE SANITARY COMMISSION. 

" The scene presented at the Sanitary Commission rooms 
was worth going a great distance to witness, and thousands im- 
proved the rare opportunity. Here more than 100 wagons 
were drawn up before the Commission, delivering their trea- 
sures to the agents, who are to forv/ard them to the boys in the 
field. The sidewalks and street were filled with boxes, barrels 
and sacks, and scores and hundreds of by-standers eagerly put 
their shoulders to the work, and were proud to take part in 
handling the soldiers' produce. Madison street, for nearly a 
block, was blockaded for fully half an hour. Judge Fuller 
came to see what was the matter — why the Madison street cars 
were so long delayed; but when he saw the cause, and the 
efiect upon the people, he concluded passengers could well 
atibrd to walk around the ' blockade.' This grand donation 
was worth about $3, 000 — an immense amount of farm products 
of every variety — better than gold for the Sanitary Commission, 
and through them, for the boys in the field and hospitals." 

"The back room of tiie ' Commission' was filled witli wheat; 
Mr. McVicker tendered them the use of his cellar, which was 
soon filled ; next, B. W. Raymond oftei'ed storage room in one 
of his large cellars, w^hich was gladly accepted, and promi)tly 
used. We regret that some photographist was not ou hand to - 
take a view of that crowd, and present duplicates of the Fair. 
They would have sold by thousands," 

" While unloading their golden treasure, a messenger ap- ^ 
preached the farmers with an invitation from the Lady Manag- ^ 
ers to come to Lower Bryau Hall, and partake of a dinner la i 



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wailing for tliem. These sturdy, warm-hearted yeomen, accom- 
panied by the Marshals of the several divisions, moved to Bryan 
Hall, where they were warmly welcomed by the ladies and all 
who were present." 

It is impossible to describe in detail the various halls occu- 
pied by the Fair. No one hall was large enough. Bryan Hall, 
beautifully decorated, was filled with articles such as usually 
crowd the tables of fairs — only here the tables were burdened ; 
and each morning after the sales of the previous day, the abun- 
dance was renewed. 

This hall was brilliantly lighted in the evening, and crowded 
from nine in the morning until eleven at night. 

Among the articles in Bryan Hall which attracted attention, 
was the original manuscript of President Lincoln's " Proclama- 
tion of Emancipation ; " a gift of the President to the Fair. 
Some thousands of dollars will probably be realized from its 
sale. 

In the largo hall below, in the same building, were neatly 
arranged but richly loaded tables — each table seating some 
forty persons ; and here, every day, some 1,500 or 2,000 persons 
dined. A matron presided over each table, and the young 
ladies of the city, tastefully attired, w^ere the " waiters" of the 
tables. It was a sight not to be forgotten. All these supplies 
were " sent in" from the home^ of the city and vicinity. This 
was continued with unfailing abundance during the two weeks 
that the Fair continued. 

A third hall was the Supervisor's Hall — where the Judge 
not only adjourned his Court and gave up his room to the Fair, 
but gave himself to superintend that department. The follow- 
ing notice of this all is from the Chicago Tribune^ as before : 

THE CURIOSITY SHOP. 

That which will probably prove one of the most attractive 
features of the Fair is what we shall call the "Curiosity Shop," 
which is located in the Supervisor's room, in the Court-House. 
We need not describe it in detail, but will say that about every- 
thing ever seen, or read of in modern books and newspapers, 
can be found there. First, there are the battle-torn flags of the 
1st, 2d, 6th and 10th Wisconsin Eegiments. On the first is in- 



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scribed "Chaplain Hills;" on the second, "Fourteen Battles;" 
on the sixth, "Five Battles;" and on the 10th, "Chaplain 
Hills." Then there are the battered and torn flags of our own 
glorious Illinois 19th. On one is inscribed the undying words, 
"Who'll save the left?" and on the other— "Stone River." 
Side by side with these, are the blood-soiled banners from 
Stone River, Arkansas Post, Hatchie, Shiloh, e^c. Here are 
also flags captured from rebels in scores. One from the famous 
" Mississippi Devils," bearing the motto, " Our rights ;" a Yir- 
gina flag, captured at Gettysburg, on its folds '■'' Dulce et 
decorum patina mori '^^ a Virginia State flag, the Rock Rifle- 
man's flag ; the flag of the Summit (Miss.) Rifles — " We fight 
for our rights — presented by tlie ladies of Summit." Another 
flag is suggestive of Floyd. It bears the motto, " We collect 
our own revenue," and it might have been added, others too. 
There are large numbers of others of this description of trophies 
of the valor of our armies, which are worth a long voyage to 
see. Then there are sewing-machines, photographs, lebel 
butcher knives, horse-pistols, books, fancy chairs, paintings, 
minerals, vases, side-saddles, bird-cages, flower-pots, scimetars, 
guns, flower- vases, trophies by the hundred, &c., &c., almost 
every one of which has a history which will interest the pur- 
chaser. 

A fourth hall was devoted to tho exhibition of works of art. 
Here were collected, and admirably and tastefully arranged, 
some 400 or 500 oil paintings, many of them works of great 
merit, carried into the Western world from Eastern, or even 
transatlantic homes. Some days before the close of the Fair it 
was stated that twenty thousand persons had visited this gallery 
of paintings. Here, as in the other halls, was music, added to 
the presence of ladies. A fifth hall was the new building 
where the machinery was exhibited, before referred to. 

Besides the sales in the various halls, there was, from time to 
time, an auction sale in the street, of hay and grain, and horses 
and colts, and cows, and such other gifts as were not fitly 
placed upon tables. 

Thus the Fair was continued until Saturday of the second 
week, Nov. 7th, the tide of supplies and of people from the 
Northwest daily flowing in. As a necessary guard against an 
utterly overbearing crowd, different days were assigned to 
different sections of the country, when they vvere notified that 
it was most desirable for them to come. 



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Each evening there was some entertainment, which " paid," 
in Metropolitan Hall (No. 6 in order). One evening ladies 
and gentlemen came down from Detroit, bringing all 
appliances with them, and presented a most charming set of 
tableaux. Another evening there were Shakespeare readings; 
another evening. Miss Anna Dickinson claimed and chained a 
thronged house, and so on. 

Not from the " Northwest" only did friends and gifts appear. 
But tliere were persons and greetings from every loyal State, 
and a glad quickening of patriotic sympathy in a work wiiich 
embraces in its ministry of mercy a nation's army fighting in a 
nation's cause. 

Not content with all of this work at the Fair, the ladies, as a 
fitting and beautiful close to their two weeks of toil, gave in 
the lower hall a bountiful dinner to all the invalid soldiers in 
that vicinity who were able to leave tent or hospital, and 
gather there. It was a glad occasion, blessing and blessed. 

Enough is said of the marvellous energy and wise business 
talent displayed by the ladies who had the fair in hand, when 
it is stated that from beginning to end, for two successive 
weeks, there was perfect system and no break, no jars in the 
machinery. 

Altogether, this Fair, independent of the money realized 
from it for sick and wounded soldiers, has in its moral eft'ect 
performed a grand work. S^tes are connected closer, while 
the lines between them as States are less sliarply drawn, and 
loyalty to the great idea of " nationality" has to-day a deeper 
hold upon the whole Northwest, and upon the nation itself, 
than it had one month a^o. 



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{From the Western Sanitary Reporter, October 15.) 

NORTHWESTEKK FAIR FOR THE SANITARY 
COMMISSIOK 

Pursuant to the call issued by the Chicago Branch, a Conven- 
tion of lay delegates from the ISTorthwestern States, to make 
arrangements for the great Soldiers' Fair, was held in Chicago, 
September 1st and 2d, at Bryan Hall. About one hundred and 
fifty delegates were in attendance, while nearly twice that 
number of ladies from the country came into the meeting, at 
some time during the sessions. 

The Convention was of the most harmonious and enthusiastic 
character. The project of the Fair met with a hearty response 
from all parts of the Northwest, and the delegates came in- 
structed to pledge their respective towns for donations of every 
variety, and held to the extent of its need. This Convention 
has placed the success of the Fair beyond a doubt — and those 
with whom the enterprise originated, and who have thus far had 
it mostly in charge, are more sanguine daily, that it will outdo 
in interest and pecuniary profit, all other Fairs ever held in the 
Northwest, 

A Committee chosen for the purpose, prepared the following 

cmcuLAK. 

In enumerating the articles most desirable for the Fair, the 
Committee have thought it best to arrange the articles in the 
following classes : 

CLASS FIRST. 

Knitted stockings and socks for men, women and children ; 
all manner of useful and ornamental articles in fancy knitting ; 
shawls, sontags, tripods, collars, hoods ; Polish boots, children's 
gaiters, shirts and drawers, mittens, wristlets, undersleeves, baby 
socks ; foot-cushions, sofa-pillows, carriage blankets and Afghans ; 



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articles of children's and infant's clothing, shirts, aprons, etc. J 
gentlemen's dressing-gowns, smoking caps, slippers, shirt-bosoms 
and collars ; embroideries, etc. 

CLASS SECOND. 

All useful and ornamental articles in wax, leather, shell, bead, 
hair and cone Avork ; fancy vases, preparations of autumn leaves, 
sea mosses, skeletonized leaves, hanging baskets, drawings and 
paintings, aquaria, herbaria, mineralogical and entomological 
cabinets or single specimens, shells, stuffed birds, Indian curiosi- 
ties, winter bouquets, crosses, floral designs of " immortelles" or 
German Amaranths, etc., etc. ; work-baskets, needle- books, pin- 
cushions, emery-balls, etc., in every variety. 

CLASS TSlKt). 

Articles to be donated by manufacturers or dealers, such as 
musical instruments, sewing, knitting, washing and wi'inging- 
machines, cabinet furniture, carriages and saddlery, jewelry and 
silver work, fancy china and miniature setts ; toys of all kinds ; 
fancy dry goods, furs and milliDery goods, books, stationery, 
pictures and photographs. Articles of this class will be marked 
with the name and residence of the maker and donor, and 
whenever sold, w^ill not be removed till the close of the Fair. 

CLASS FOURTH. 

Agricultural and dairy products of every kind, which will be 
marked, exhibited and sold in the same manner as class Third. 

CLASS FIFTH. 

Evergreens for decorative purposes — these should be made 
into wreaths ; the rarer and more delicate, such as ground pine, 
into shields, stars, crosses, mottoes, etc. A few small and shapely 
evergreen trees are desired. 

CLASS SIXTH. 

J^ruits. — Apples by the box, barrel, or basket ; choice winter 
apples and pears with the varieties marked. Fall fruits, apples, 
quinces and grapes. 
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All articles in the above six classes may be sent at any time 
during the week preceding the Fair, care being taken to ensure 
their arrival at Chicago by the 20th of October. 

CLASS SEVENTH. 

Flowers and floral designs; green-house plants in pots. 
Donors of this class in Michigan will please send their offerings 
during the first week of the Fair; in Wisconsin and Iowa the 
second week ; and in Illinois at any time during the Fair. It is 
desirable that the same order should be observed in the sending 
of edibles for the dinner and refreshment tables. 

.CLASS EIGHTH. 

Supplies for the tables ; turkeys, chickens, hams, tongues, 
halibut, salmon, roast beef, and mutton ; birds and all varieties 
of game ; pork and beans, and oysters. All of these (excepting 
the latter) must be thoroughly and carefully cooked. Tea, cof- 
fee, chocolate, broma, sugar, and cream so j)ut up as to ensure 
its sweetness for two or three days. 

Plum and other cakes that will keep ; mince, apple, and cran- 
berry pies, put up carefully in racks for transportation ; pre- 
serves, jellies, jams, marmalades, and canned fruits, also honey, 
in sealed jars ; pickles of all kinds, sweet and sour, without 
vinegar, which will be added to them when opened for use ; 
potatoes and vegetables of every kind, and of these too many 
cannot be sent. 

As a great number of knives, forks, and spoons will be re^ 
quired for the use of the tables, donations of these articles are 
earnestly requested. They can afterwards be reserved for future 
occasions, or donated to the Soldiers' Homes, always in need of 
these utensils. 

CLASS Ninth. 

Trophies, battle relics, and mementoes of the war; battle* 
flags, rebel flags, shells, balls, guns, sabres, swords, or missiles of 
any kind, papers and documents, accompanied by a statement of 
whatever gives to each its peculiar interest. These will be ar* 
ranged for exliibition and sale in a room especially devoted to 



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that purpose, and will be one pf the most attractivo features of 
the great Fair. 

In addition to the articles of this kind donated for sale, it is 
proposed to receive for exhibition all articles from cabinets 
organizations, and individuals, loaned for this purpose. Hence, 
State Plistorical Societies, military companies, or private indi- 
viduals, having articles of this class in their possession, who are 
willing to loan them, are requested to make known their will- 
ingness to one of the following committee : Mrs, P. P. Liver- 
more, Chicago, 111. ; Miss Valeria Campbell, Detroit, Mich. ; 
Mrs, Dr. Carr, Madison, Wis. ; and Mrs. K. H. Brainard, Iowa 
Cit}^, Iowa. 

All pictures and works of art donated will be arranged in a 
gallery, lighted so as to exhibit them to the best advantage. 
Loans of pictures and statuary are solicited for the exhibition. 
They will be handled with great care, be arranged by competent 
persons, and during their exhibition will be in charge of a care- 
ful custodian, and afterwards will be well packed and returned 
to their owners. 

Donations of money are also needed to meet contingent ex- 
penses in the preparations for the Fair, which, in view of its 
great magnitude, must necessarily be heavy. There will be bills 
to be met for printing, mailing, painting, carpentering, cleaning 
of halls, expressage, decorations, &c,, to liquidate which, dona- 
tions of money will be indis]>ensable. Money may be sent to 
either of the Committee whose names are subscribed to this 
circular, or to E. W. Blatchford, the Treasurer of the Chicago 
Sanitary Commission, care being taken to indicate the purpose 
for which it is donated. 

All articles intended for the Fair must be ent and directed 
in the same manner as Hospital Stores, marked Chicago Sani- 
tary Commission (for the Northwestern Fair). 

At the time of shipment, a letter of notification should be sent 
to the Secretary, E. B. McCagg, containing the bill of shipment 
and invoice of the box. Its receipt will be immediately acknow- 
ledged by letter. This will insure the free transmission of all 
boxes, barrels and packages. 

At the close of the Fair, a complete catalogue of articles do- 
nated (with the names and residence of the donors), will be pub- 



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lislied, and a copy furnished to every contributor. Eacli State 
will be credited with the amount of her donations. 

Every Aid-Society, Union League, and Good Templar's Lodge 
in the ISTorthwest is requested to appoint a committee, imme- 
diately, to canvass its neighborhood, and secure laborers for this 
great work. Clergymen, of all denominations, are urgently re- 
quested to interest their parishes in this great enterprise, and 
stimulate their ladies to the manufacture and donation of artir 
cles for the Fair. They can thus materially aid the noble cause 
of hospital relief, which needs unintermitting benefactions. Ef- 
forts for the Fair should not interfere with the regular work for 
the hospitals. That must, in no wise, be diminished, or post- 
poned. 

It would facilitate the' labors of the Committee of Arrange- 
ments, if lists of articles promised could be forwarded to thein 
at an early day, thus giving them power to supply important de-; 
ficiencies. Letters may be addressed to Mrs. A. H. Hoge, or 
Mrs. D. P. Livermore, Chicago Sanitary Commission. 

The Fair will be opened on Tuesday morning, October 2Ytli, 
at Bryan Hall, where visitors will be informed what other halls 
are in use of the Fair. The arrangements are not sufficiently 
perfected to make this announcement at present. 

Dinner will be served in the lower Hall (Bryan) from 1 2 M, 
to 4 P. M,, on Tuesday, and thenceforward every day, at the 
same hours, during the continuance of the Fair. Arrangements 
are being made to dine from 1,000 to 1,500 persons, elegantly 
and comfortably, during each day of the Fair. 

There will be a brilliant evening entertainment, at Metropoli- 
tan Hall, on Tuesday evening, October 27th, and thenceforward 
every evening during the Fair. Particulars will be given here- 
after in the papers, and at the Halls of Exhibition. 

The hearty, prompt, and efficient co-operation of the entire 
Korthwest is urgently solicited. The great, ever-renewed, and 
painful needs of our heroic soldiers, sick and wounded, in hospi- 
tals, call for the utmost efforts of all loyal men and women, to 
make this affair an overwhelming pecuniary success. It should 
be remembered that the Chicago Branch of the IT. S. Sanitary 
Commission bestows its benefactions on all sick and wounded 
soldiers without regard to state, rank, color, army, or navy. 



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Hence, it has claims on the liberality and labor of all loyal men 
and women. 

CoMMiTTEE.-Mrs. A. RHoge and Mrs. D. P. Livermore, 
Cliicago, III ; Mrs. H. L. Colt, Milwaukie, Wis. ; Mrs. Dr. Carr 
Madisoii^^Wis.; Miss Yaleria Campbell, Detroit, Micli. r Miss 
Sibley, Detroit Midi. ; Mrs. Dr. Ely, Cedar Rapids, Iowa ; Mrs, 
J-N . Jl. JrJramard, Iowa City, Iowa, 



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Among the GentUmen^ to whom this Circular will he se?it, are 

the following : 



Aaron Arnold. 

Thomas Acton. 

Richard H. Allen. 

J. J. Astor, Jr. 

A. McL. Aq:ne\v. 

Eev. Dr. Wm. Adams. 

George C. Authon. 

Horatio Allen. 

G. Albinola. 

Wm. H. Aspinwall. 

Edward Anthony. 

Wm. B. Astor, jr. 

A. G. Agnew. 

W. II. Apple ton. 

Henry Alexander. 

E. M. Archibald. 

E. Ellery Anderson. 

John Bonner. 

Robert Bliss. 

D. N. Barney. 

T. R. Butler. 

S. Baldwin. 

George F. Betts. 

R. M. Blatchford. 

Orison Blunt. 

George Bradish. 

Henry Brewster. 

G. Borden, Jr. 

W. R. Butter worth. 

A. B. Baylis. 

Wm. C. Bryant. 

James G. Bennett. 

Matthey B. Brad3\ 

Carl Bergman. 

Wm. Bhick. 

George W. Blunt. 

Hiram Barney. 

Wm. T. Blodgett. 

Wm. A. Budd. 

Hon. Alexander W. Bradford. 

Theodore E. Baldwin. 

S. L. M. Barlow. 

Hon, James W. Beekman. 

Wm. A. Booth. 



Charles L. Brace. 
Wm. T. Brady. 
Theodore B. Bronson. 
Stewart Brown, 
Matthew B. Brady. 
Charles Breusing. 
J. Carson Bievoort. 
Wyllis Blackstone. 
Isaac Bell, Jr. 
James Bo wen. 
Charles Butler. 
Ciiarles E. Butler. 
Wm. Allen Butler. 
James T, Brady. 
Daniel F. Bacon. 
George F. Bell. 
Robert Benson. 
Richard H, Bowne. 
George Bancroft. 
Gordon W. Burnham, 
Aug. Belmont. 
Francis Bacon. 
A. Campbell. 
G. B. Carhart. 
W. L. Cutting. 
Robert L. Cutting. 
John J. Cisco. 
Rev. A. C. Cox, D.D. 
Hanson K. Corning. 
Alfred Craven. 
Philip Caswell, Jr. 
Edward Cromwell. 
William Cox. 
Chas. M. Connolly. 
Geo. S. Coe. 
Geo. Wm. Curtis. 
Chas. F. Chickering. 
John Caswell. 
Erastus Corning. 
D. A. Cushman. 
Chas. G. Caswell. 
James C. Carter. 
W. F. Gary. 
Thos. B. Coddinston. 



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John W. Carrington. 
Henry A. Coit. 
Tlio?. A. Cummins. 
Cyrus Curtiss. 
Wm. C. Coleman. 
James F. Colgate. 
Peter Cooper. 

E. W. Cameron. 
Edward Cnnard. 
Henr}^ Clews. 
Alonzo Clark, M. D. 
Elie Charlier. 

L. Delmonico. 
Wm. E. Dodge, Jr. 
Henry De Forrest. 
W. B. Dinsmore. 
Edward Dechanx. 
Edward Delano. 

F. L. Delano. 
John L. Darcey. 
JaiTMJS I. Day. 
Christian E. Detmold. 
W. A. Darling. 

Hev. Asa Dal ton. 
W. J. F. Dailey. 
Harvey B. Dod worth. 
F. D'Oremieulx. 
James Geddes Day. 
David Dows. 
Simeon Draper. 
Alfred Dorlon. 
Geo. B. De Forrest. 
Dennino; Duer. 
Theo. W. Dwight. 
John Decker. 
Edward Delafield, M. D. 
"Wm. Butler Duncan. 
John B. Dunham. 
John Duncan. 
James G. Day. 
John Ericson. 
'N wbold Edgar. 
Theodore Eisfeld. 
Charles W. Elliott. 
T. Egleston, Jr. 
T. G. Foster. 



Thomas H. Faile. 
Dudley B. Fuller. 
F. M.French. 
Charles D. Fredericks. 
J. P. Giraud Foster. 
Henry S. Fearing. 
Hamilton Fish. 
Henry S. Fearing. 
James Eraser. 
Jeremiah Gurney. 
E. B. Goodridge. 
S. K. Gifford.^ 
Fred. Gnitean. 
H. Gourlie. 

A. W. Greenleaf. 
Giiswold Gray. 
George Griswold. 
Horace Greeley. 
Clandio S. Grafulla. 
Edwin L, Godkin. 

C. Godfrey Gunther. 
EI bridge t. Gerry. 
Wood Gibson. 
Sydney H. Gay. 

B. W. Griswold. 

D. S. Gregory. 
Hon. M. H. Grinnell. 
John A. C. Gray. 

STohn F. Gray, M. D. 
Shepherd Gandy. 
Parke Godwin. 
Fletcher Harper. 
James Harper. 
Daniel HutUington. 
Wm. J. Hoppin. 
Jacob Hays. 
Goo Id Hoyt. 
David Hoadley. 
Rev. Thomas S. Hastings. 
John Hoey. 
John C. Henderson. 
Col. Frank E. Howe. 
B. B. Hotchkiss. 
N. Pendleton Hosack. 
George W. Hatch. 
Frederick B. HelmsmuUer. 



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C. F. A. Hendricks. 
E. Y. Hauo;hwout. 
Samuel E. Howard. 
Eicbard M. Hunt. 
Charles B. Hoffman. 
Gen. Wm. Hall. 
Wilson G. Hunt. 
C. Edward Habiclit. 
Carl Hinriclis. 
Peieg Hall. 
Chas. H. Heckscher. 
Tlios. Hitclicock. 
Philetus H. Holt. 
Uriah Hendricks. 
Charles F. Hoffman. 
Abraham S. Hewitt. 
Eobert S. Howe. 

B. H. Hutton. 
Adrian Iselin. 
O. E. Ingersoli. 
Charles Jenkins. 
John C. Johnston. 
James B. Johnston. 
John Jaj. 
Charles G. Judson. 
Edward. Jones. 

L. W. Jerome. 
John Q. Jones. 
George Jones. 
Edward S. Jaffray. 
Edward O. Jenkins. 
James I. Kennedy. 
James G. King, Jr. 
M. Knoedler. 
Kehemiah Knight. 
John A. Kennedy. 
Thos. W. Kennard. 
Charles King. 
Edgar Ketchum. 
John T. Kensett. 
Morris Ketchum. 
John E. Lord. 

C. H. Lilienthal. 
John E. Lawrence. 
Joseph Lawrence. 
Arthur Leary. 



Cambridge Livingston. 

Eobt. E. Livingston. 

Henry H. Leeds. 

Chas. F. Loosey. 

Chas. P. Leverich. 

Charles Lamson. 

James Low. 

Josiah Lane. 

Chas. H, Ludington. 

Edward H. Ludlow. 

Eobt. B. Minturn, Jr. 

Hon. E. D. Morgan. 

W. E. Morris. 

N. Marsh. 

Lewis G. Morris. 

Peter Marie. 

Eobert Messinger. 

Alonzo P. Montant. 

Allen B. Miner. 

Wm. Moller. 

U. A. Murdock. 

Sydney E. Morse. 

Manton Marble. 

C. E. Milbank. 

Chas. Morgan. 

F. Martinez. 

Sidney Mason. 

Zophar Mills. 

Henry Maillard. 

John A. McYickar, M. D. 

Wm. Mathews. 

C. H. Marshall. 

Homer Morgan. 

Leon Marcotte. 

J. T. Metcalfe, M. D. 

Yalentine Mott, M. D. 

Geo. F. Nesbitt. 

Isaac Newton. 

Cleayton Newbold. 

Adam Norrie. 

Wm. Curtis Noyes. 

George Opdyke. 

E. H. Owen. 

Geo. T. Oliphant. 

C. H. O'Hara. 

Stephen Philbin. 



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W. M. Paton. 
0. F. Park. 
Saml. B. Ppvsons. 
John C. Parker. 
Michal Plielau. 
Jas. Punnett. 
Wm. P. Palmer. 
Win. C. Prime. 
John V. L. Priijn. 
Elijah F. Pnrdy. 
Eleazer Parnilj. 
Jolin C. Peteis, M. D. 
John E. Parsons. 
Geo. P. Pntnam. 
Alfred Pell, Jr. 
Walton H. Pecham. 
Willard Parker, M. D. 
Howard Potter. 
J. J. Phelps. 
Henry J. Kaymond. 
Franklin F. liandolph. 
Marshall O. Ixoberts. 
A. D. F. Randolph. 
Andrew Reid. 
Eobert A. Ridley. 
James F. Rno;gles. 
Clias. H. Russell. 
Geo. A. Robbins. 
James Renwick. . 

Robert Ra_y. 
Christopher R. Robert. 
Lewis M. Rutherford. 
Peter Rice. 
Charles Roome. 
Theodore Roosevelt. 
Sam. B. Rnggles. 
Samuel Sclieitfelin. 
James A. Snydara. 
Charles E. Strong. 
Jonathan Stiirges. 
H. A. Stone. 
Chas. Steinway. 
S. Sloan. 
E. A. Stevens, 
Wm. C. Schermerhorn. 
Alfred Scliermerhoru. 
Frank Stout. 
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George Stone. 
Gen.^Wm. K. Strong. 
H. D. Stover. 
A. T. Stewart. 
Robert L. Stuart. 
John Stephenson. 
Otis D' Swan. 
Wm. Scharfenberg. 
P. Renisen Strong. 
Edm'd H. Schermerhorn. 
Wm.'Schaus. 
John AV". Schmidt. 
Edward T. Snelling. 
Wm. Oliver Stone. 
Jas. T. Siiydam. 
John H. Swift. 
Rutherford Stuyvesant. 
John Sloane. 
Augustus E. Sillimau. 
Francis Skiddy. 
David Stewart. 
Sydney A. SchiefFelin. 
Philip Schieftelin. 
John M. Sears. 
Launtz Thompson. 
Charles N. Talbot. 
John Torrey, L. L. D. 
Moses Taylor. 
J. F. Trow. 
Charles L. Tiffany. 
Henry C. Timm. 
Francis Tomes. 
Thos. Tileston. 
Rich. J. Thorne. 
Rich. S. Tucker. 
Chas. Tracy. 
Frederic S. Talmadge. 
Dr. Underbill. 
Robt. Usher, Jr. 
J. J. Vannostrand. 
Alex. Yan Rensselaer. 
Joseph B. Varnum, Jr. 
Calvert Vaux. 
M. Vassar. 
George Vanderhoff. 
Henry I. Vail, 



Cornelius Vanderbilt. 
Chas. B. Wood. 
Prof. David A. Wells. 
J. A. Weeks. 
D. M. Walduck. 
H. H. Ward. 
George Windle. 
Edward Walker. 
James W. Wallack. 
Samuel Wetmore. 
W. Stanwood Wood. 
John C. Wilmerdiag. 



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W. H. Weller. 
E. Storrs Willis. 
Fred. H. Walcott. 
George Cabot Ward. 
OhasrE. Whitehead. 
E. A. Witthaus. 
John D. Wolfe. 
Chaf. F. Winthrop. 
Henry Wilson. 
Henry Wilson. 
Edmund M. Young, 
John E. Zimmerman. 



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